A Hero's Heart: Resolution Ranch (Flint Hills Military Heroes Book 2) by Tessa Layne

Author:Tessa Layne [Layne, Tessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shady Layne Media
Published: 2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

Kate’s eyes flew open and a look of sheer terror flashed across her face. “What?” Her eyes went from Emma’s face to the phone, and back again. “What are you doing?” She screeched. Only it sounded more hoarse. As if her voice wasn’t used to working.

Emma stuffed her phone into her pocket. “I’m right, aren’t I? You’re Kaycee Starr.”

Kate stood. “Ohmygod, you have to erase that. Right now.” She held out her hand. “Give me your phone,” she said hoarsely.

“What are you talking about? You’re amazing. I should have recorded that first piece.”

Kate’s eyes grew wide. “How long have you been here?”

“Long enough to know you don’t need to be communicating with pen and paper.” Emma crossed her arms. “What’s going on?”

“Nothing. I was just taking a break.”

Emma smelled a rat. While Kate hadn’t admitted it, she was sure the woman was Kaycee. “Why are you here? You don’t need this job.” She narrowed her eyes. “Is this some kind of a publicity stunt? I’m not going to let you take advantage of my friends.”

Kate’s shoulders drooped. “I swear that’s not it at all. I need this job.”

“No, you don’t. You have more money than everyone in town combined.”

“You don’t understand. Please.” Kate held out her hand. “Can I please have the phone? I’ll pay you.”

Anger flashed through Emma. “You think everyone can be bought? I don’t want your money. I want to know why you’re here at the ranch taking advantage of my friends.”

Kate held up her hands. “I know it looks bad, but I swear, I’m not.

“Start talking.” She’d dealt with high maintenance clients before. Half the time they manufactured their own drama.

Kate gestured to the hay bales. “Can we sit?”

Emma shrugged. “Sure.” She followed Kate, and settled herself on a bale, studying the young woman, who paused to pour hot tea from a thermos.

Kate lifted her eyes. “Before I tell you anything, I need to know you’re not going to go to the press, or sell my story to the tabloids.”

Holy crap. White fury poured over Emma like ice-water. “I know there are some slimebags in show biz, but this is Prairie. And if you believe that any one of us here would sell you out, then maybe you should sneak back to your castle in Tennessee–”

“Kentucky.”

“I don’t care where it is. I thought you were here to help the ranch.”

Kate looked pained. “I am. But it’s more complicated than that.”

Emma crossed her arms. “Try me.”

“I’ll need you to sign a non-disclosure.”

Emma’s heart went to the young woman. How lonely. The woman was what, only twenty-four? And already so suspicious and jaded? She waved a hand. “I sign them all the time in my line of work.” She reached into her bag and pulled out a folder and a pen. She rifled through it to find the right form and scrawled her signature. “Here. It’s Royal Fountain Media’s standard ND.”

She waved it in front of Kate, who took the form, scanned it, then carefully folded it and put it in her pocket.

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